Frog Hollow Photography, LLC
Rhinebeck, NY 845-242-8818 woodfrogs@yahoo.com
How do you choose the right wedding photographer for you?
Trying to find a photographer is confusing!
Choosing a photographer for your wedding is one of the most important decisions you have to make. Who you decide to be your wedding photographer will impact you for your entire life. Think about it. Your wedding is a team consisting of you, your family, relatives and friends. With your photographer, images will be created that will last for generations to come, telling a story about your beautiful wedding day.
What will that story be? Remember it is through the eyes, heart and soul of your photographer that will capture a symphony of photographs of your wedding. How should your wedding play out? This will help guide you to make the correct decision.
Look through the photographer's websites, look at their galleries. Pick someone whose work you truly enjoy looking at. Someone who fits your style.
Think about your wedding day.
Search the internet for thoughts and ideas on lists of recommended pictures to take. This task, perhaps, will cause you to think about what style of wedding should I have? Do you want portraits of you and your significant other and your families? And photographs of relatives and friends? What about the candid photojournalism photographs? Are they important to you?
I've printed a possible list for you to look at and see if they fit with your vision of your wedding. Remember, this is your wedding. You are in charge. Any photographer you are possibly going to hire should be able to create both the portrait images as well as the photojournalistic images. It's not the quantity of images but the quality that counts!
You should pick someone whose photographic work speaks to you. Do you enjoy looking at their photos? Do they capture what's important to you? That's the person you should choose. Always remember that your pictures will be the one thing you keep from your wedding. What do you want to have in your hands in 20 years? A beautiful album to treasure. And the CD for a backup.